Special Report: CEO salary survey

Executive remuneration is a hot political issue but the controversy does not seem to have slowed growth in pay packets at WA companies.

THREE trends stand out when the salary packages of newly appointed chief executives at Western Australian companies are examined.First,the bigger the company the higher the salary.

Five years of WA salary surveys show some chief executives appear to be remarkably well paid relative to the size of their business and the returns they have delivered, while others offer great value for money.

Changes to Wesfarmers' remuneration policies have shone a bright light on the company's results.

THIS year's salary survey shows that it's not just the chief executives at the top end of town who have mouth-watering incomes.

The controversial subject of high CEO salaries at state government agencies appears to have gone off the boil as a policy to rein in remuneration appears to have helped stop surprise jumps in pay p